John C. Ten Eyck

John Conover Ten Eyck (12 March 1814-24 August 1879) was a US Senator from New Jersey (R) from 4 March 1859 to 3 March 1865 (succeeding William Wright and preceding John P. Stockton).

Biography
John Conover Ten Eyck was born in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey in 1814 to a prominent Dutch family, and he became a lawyer in Burlington in 1835. From 1839 to 1849, he served as the Burlington County prosecuting attorney, and he joined the Republican Party at its founding in the 1850s, supporting John C. Fremont in the 1856 election. From 1859 to 1865, he served in the US Senate, and he made a token contribution to the American Civil War Union war effort in 1863 when he briefly enlisted as a US Army private with his "Ten Eyck Guards" militia, marching to Pennsylvania and waiting until the Confederates had withdrawn before disbanding his unit. He resumed his law practice after leaving office, and he died in Mount Holly in 1879.